Verse
B G#
These are your orders - seems like it's do it or die
B G#
So please read them closely, When you've read them be sure that you eat them up -
F#
They're specially flavoured with Burgundy, Tizer and Rye
B G#
Twelve sheets of foolscap: don't ask me why.
Verse 2:
B G#
We hit the jungle, Just as it starts to monsoon:
B G#
Our maps showed no rainfall. All the boys were depressed by this circumstance
F#
"Trust in the weather" said less agricultural men
B G#
Who gives birth to more farmhands, don't ask me why.
Chorus:
B G#
Fifteen was chosen because he was dumb, seven because he was blind:
B G#
I got the job because I was so mean, while somehow appearing so kind.
F#
Drifting about through the cauliflower trees with a cauliflower ear for the birds,
B G#
The squadron assembled what senses they had and this is the sound that they heard...
Instrumental:
B F# E B
Verse 3:
B G#
Back at headquarters, khaki decisions are made
B G#
File under "Futile": that should give you its main point of reference
F#
It's all so confusing, what with pythons and then deadly flies
B G#
But to them, it's a picnic, don't ask me why.
Chorus:
B G#
Thirteen was chosen because of his luck, eleven because of his feet:
B G#
One got signed up for exceptional pluck, another because he was mute.
F#
Roaming about through the gelatine swamps with a gelatine eye on the stripes,
B G#
The squadron assembled what senses they had and this is the sound that they heard...
Outro:
B F#
Back in Blighty, there was you There were milkmen every morning
E B
But these endless shiny trees, never used to be that way.
(repeat until fade)
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25.07.2015
Lublin, Poland